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BOWERSTON Metal/Non-Metal

BOWERSTON SHALE COMPANY · Surface

Controlled by Clay City Pipe Company

Bowerstown, Harrison County, OH · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3300539

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2014
Latest incident: Jul 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$1,580

proposed penalties

$1,580

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,585	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,294	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,156	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,267	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,028	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,369	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	998	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,437	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 30, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Bowerston Shale Company · Struck against a moving object

Northwest 6 shovel hoist brake pedal came up abruptly as operator released the brake at high throttle pinning momentarily his leg between the brake pedal and the seat. Brake adjustments should be tested at idle before using.